It is worth mentioning here that the elimination of Kurds served as yet another reminder to the international community regarding the significance of implementing the 1925 Geneva Protocol. However, without any mention of the Kurds, a conference was held in Paris in January 1989 regarding the ban of chemical weapons and the implementation of the Geneva Protocol. It was attended by representatives of 149 countries. At the conclusion of the conference, a statement of six articles was released. Article 3 of the statement read: “Participant countries stress the significance of reaching an immediate agreement to ban the use, the production, and the maintenance of chemical weapons. The agreement should be comprehensive and universal and require countries all over the world to show active commitment.�(19) However, another international conference held on 19/9/1989 in Canberra--the capital of Australia-regarding the prohibition of chemical weapons, did mention the name of the Kurds. The then foreign minister of Australia reminded the international community of the victims of the Halabja tragedy.
In response to a request by the then deputy Secretary-General of the UN for Human Rights, Mr. Jan Martins, the International Organization for 52